Brush



Patented luIy 5, |898.

T. H. GULICK.

B B U S H (Application filed Aug, 1e, 1897.)

(No Model.)

wwmww dw/M7 TH: Nonms Pinzas co.. pHoro-uma., wAsmNcwN. nv c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS H. GULIOK, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,713, dated July 5, 1898.

Application led August 16, 1897. Serial No. 648,416. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS H. GULicK, a citizen of the United States, residing at St.

Louis, State of Missouri, have invented ceri My invention has relation to improvements in holders for scrubbing-brushes; and it consists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts more fully set forth in the speci- Iication, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a transverse section of the device, taken on the line a; 00 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 2is a longitudinal section on line y y of Fig. 1.

The object of my invention is to construct a holder for scrubbing-brushes vwhich while it subserves the purpose of temporarily holding the brush at the same time serves as a means of feeding water thereto, and also serves as a receptacle for a bar or cake of soap or similar detergent, which is gradually dissolved by the water fed to the brush.

In detail the invention may be described as follows:

'Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the y casing or chamber of the holder, the upper Wall thereof being provided witha socket 2 for the reception of the lower end of a suit# able handle, (not'shown,) there being hinged along the base of the socket a Ylid 3, the edges of which are provided with a depending iiange 4, adapted to close against'the inner surfaces of the walls of the casing, a strip of packing 5 being interposed between the projecting edges of the door and the upper edges of the walls of the casing to make a watertight joint. To retain the door in a tightlyclosed position, I pivot to a lug 6, carried by the outer surface of the wall adjacent to the free end of the lid, a screw-threaded bolt 7, which is adapted to pass through a fork 8 of the lid, a tightening-'nut 9 being subsequently forced down against the lid. The inner surface of the lid is provided with a tapering 1 knob 10 of sufficient length toenter and rmly press against a cake of soap 11, supported alongthe parallel-disposed ribs 12 at the bottom of the casing, the soap being further retained in place by the knobs 13 14,

carried, respectively, by the inner surface of the outer wall of the casing and the base of an angular deliecting plate or Wall 15, lo-

cated at the opposite endof thefcasing, the

rling valve or cock 17 to shut off the water j when desirable. To the free screw-threaded end of the nozzle is secured the hose 18.

As seen in Fig. 1,the socket 2 is located above the nozzle, so that the hose will not be in the way of the operator while manipulating the handle carried by the socket.

From the base of the casing 1 depend the terminal passages 19, deiiected inwardly at 20, the inner adjacent walls of said passages 19 and the upper walls of the deflected portions 20 forming parallel grooves 20' for the reception and retention of the back of the brush 22, the latter being prevented from slipping out of its bearings by the lockingarm 23, hinged along one of the lateral walls of the casingV and swung into locking position after the brush has been once inserted, the opposite end of the brush being held by coming in contact withY the lower end of the wall 24.. The free adjacent ends of the deflectedpassages 2O are provided with slits 2l, (or a series of openings which would be a full equivalent,) the same being inclined to the horizontal and converging toward one another,"so'as to permit the discharge of the water ,against the bristles of the brush in converging streams, thus supplying the brush with water charged more or less With the saponaceous solution from the soap, over the surface of which the water iiows.

During the scrubbing of woodwork, doorsteps, sidewalks, stone surfaces generally, dac., just enough water can be turned on through the valve 17 as is necessary to act on the soap and dissolve the same to the desired degree. When the scrubbing: operation is concluded, the soap can be withdrawn and a full stream of water turned on, thus Vflushing the surface previously scrubbed. By the use of the present invention much Water can be saved which is now generally allowed to go to waste.

IOO

It is apparent-,of eou rse, that 1n inor changes might be made in the device Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having` deseribed my invention, what l elailn is- 1. In a scrubbing-brush holder, a suitable easing` adapted to hold a cake of soap, a nozi zle communicating` with the chamber of the easing, a socket for securing a handle to the easing located at a point above the nozzle, a lid for the easing located adjacent to the base of the socket, means for holding` a calce of soap Within the easing and permit the free How of Water about the surface of the soap, suitable diseharge-opeuings leading from the easing, and a brush adapted to be Carried by the easing in proximity to the diseharge-openings whereby the Water is fed to the brush, substantially as set forth.

2. In a serubbing-ln'ush holder, a suitable easing, a nozzle communicating` with the chamber thereof, a deleeting-\vall interposed between the nozzle and ehamber of the easing, a lid hinged to the upper Wall of the easing, a knob Carried by the inner surface 0l' the hinge, suitable supporting-ribs disposed along` the bottom of the easing and adapted to support a cake of soap, soapwetaining knobs Carried by the deleetingwall and the wall of the easing opposite thereto, outletpassages leading from the easing at opposite ends thereof and forming by their walls suitable grooves for the reception of the baek of a brush, a looking-arm for retainingr the brush within its supportiiig-grooves,and suitable diseharge openings o1' slits leading from the outlet-passages and arranged to discharge in converging,` streams against the brush, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS II. GULICK.

Witnesses:

EMIL STREK,

ALFRED A. MATHEY. 

